Shannon Pinto to succeed grandfather

The Roundhouse towers over nearby buildings in Santa Fe. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
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SANTA FE – Democrat Shannon Pinto won appointment Thursday to succeed her grandfather – the late John Pinto, one of the longest-serving Native American legislators in history – as a member of the New Mexico Senate.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the selection, praising the younger Pinto as uniquely positioned to carry on her grandfather&rsq